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David Pannell

David Pannell

Co-founder of Vegan Business Tribe

veganbusinesstribe.com/

David Pannell is the co-founder of Vegan Business Tribe, a website that offers support and mentorship (or help to get started!) to anyone with a vegan business.

David is a successful vegan entrepreneur who has launched, built, and sold numerous businesses over the past 20 years. In his past life, David was a sector-specific ambassador for The Chartered Institute of Marketing and (with his partner Lisa Fox) runs vegan consultancy Promote Vegan – helping high-street brands and food companies better understand and engage vegan customers.

Lisa & David also write the monthly business column for Vegan Food & Living Magazine and is the official UK agent for The Vegan Society’s Vegan Trademark scheme.

Saturday
1pm

Supporting Vegan Businesses

Vegan businesses are the economic engine of the movement and many vegan entrepreneurs have made a huge impact for veganism and animal rights. Some others, however, don’t make the impact they set out to make. In a discussion led by David Pannell, founder of Vegan Business Tribe, we ask how we can support vegan businesses to make a bigger impact, and how we can encourage more vegans use their businesses (or professional skills) as their form of activism.

 

Takeaways

”We ask how we can support vegan businesses to make a bigger impact, and how we can encourage more vegans use their professional skills as their form of activism.”

 

Calls To Action

Join the vegan business revolution and get help and support at www.veganbusinesstribe.com

Further Resources

David Pannell, Vegan Business Tribe – www.veganbusinesstribe.com

Matthew Glover, Veganuary, VegCapital, VFC – www.veganuary.com, www.vegcapital.co.uk, www.vfcfoods.com

Keith Lesser, Vegan Accountants – www.veganaccountants.co.uk

Mitali Deypurkaystha, The Vegan Publisher – www.theveganpublisher.com

Daisy Botha, Vegan Fairs – www.veganfairs.co.uk

Panels and Presentations full timetable

Sunday
11am

How to get more customers for your vegan business

If you don’t understand how someone came to be a customer for your business, then you have little chance of being able to find more of them. In this workshop session, David explains what motivates someone to become a customer and what you need to do to find more of them!

Vegan Business Tribe full timetable

Sunday
4pm

Drop-in business clinic

Need some advice? Looking to launch a new business? Or need help taking your business to the next level? Come chat with vegan entrepreneur and Vegan Business Tribe Founder David Pannell, and marketing and PR specialist Karin Ridges in a relaxed setting!

Vegan Business Tribe full timetable